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Coordinates: 20°00′36″N 73°46′48″E / 20.01000°N 73.78000°E

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Nashik Division
Location of Nashik Division in Maharashtra
Coordinates: 20°00′36″N 73°46′48″E / 20.01000°N 73.78000°E / 20.01000; 73.78000
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Districts	Nashik, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Dhule, Ahmednagar
Government
• Commissioner Nashik Division	Rajaram Mane IAS
• Police Commissioner Nashik Division	NA
• All Guardian Minister Nashik Division	Chhagan Bhujbal (Nashik District) Hasan Mushrif (Ahmednagar District) Adv. Kagda Chandya Padvi (Nandurbar District) Gulabrao Patil (Jalgaon District) Balasaheb Thorat Additional charge (Dhule District)
• All District Collector's Nashik Division	Gangatharan D. (IAS) (Nashik District) Rajendra Bhosale (IAS) (Ahmednagar District) Manisha Khatri (IAS) (Nandurbar District) Abhijit Rajendra Raut (IAS) (Jalgaon District) Jalaj Sharma (IAS) (Dhule District)
• All MP's Nashik Division	NA
Languages	Marathi

Nashik Division is one of the six divisions of India's Maharashtra state and four of its five districts form Uttar Maharashtra. The three northernmost districts of Uttar Maharashtra form most of the historic Khandesh region which covers the northern part of the division in the valley of the Tapti River. Nashik Division is bound by Konkan Division and the state of Gujarat to the west, Madhya Pradesh state to the north, Amravati Division and Marathwada (Aurangabad Division) to the east, and Desh (Pune Division) to the south.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Nashik Division had a population of 18,579,420 in the year 2011.^[1]

Languages

Marathi is the most spoken language, which is also the sole official language of the region. Khandeshi and Ahirani dialect of Marathi, along with Bhili are also spoken by a significant portion of the population in Khandesh region of Nashik Division. There are significant minorities of Urdu and Hindi speakers in certain urban areas of the division.

Religion

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 86.92% of the population of Nashik Division followed Hinduism, 10.00% Islam, 1.56% Buddhism, 0.35% Christianity and the remaining 1.17% of the population followed other religions or stated no religion.^[1]

Religion in Nashik Division (2011)^[1]

Hinduism (86.92%)

Islam (10.00%)

Buddhism (1.56%)

Christianity (0.35%)

Other or not stated (1.17%)

Districts

Subdivisions

There are 54 tehsils of 5 districts are divided into 28 subdivisions in Nashik division.


No.	Subdivision Headquarter	Tehsils	District
1	Ahmednagar	Ahmednagar, Newasa	Ahmednagar
2	Karjat	Karjat, Jamkhed
3	Pathardi	Pathardi, Shevgaon
4	Shrigonda	Shrigonda, Parner
5	Sangamner	Sangamner, Akola
6	Shirdi	Rahata, Kopargaon
7	Shrirampur	Shrirampur, Rahuri
8	Dhule	Dhule, Sakri	Dhule
9	Shirpur	Shirpur, Shindkheda	Dhule
10	Amalner	Amalner, Chopda	Jalgaon
11	Faizpur	Yawal, Raver
12	Bhusawal	Bhusawal, Muktainagar, Bodwad
13	Jalgaon	Jalgaon, Jamner
14	Erandol	Erandol, Dharangaon, Parola
15	Pachora	Pachora, Bhadgaon
16	Chalisgaon	Chalisgaon
17	Nandurbar	Nandurbar, Navapur	Nandurbar
18	Shahada	Shahada, Akrani(Dhadgaon)
19	Taloda	Taloda, Akkalkuwa
20	Nashik	Nashik	Nashik
21	Nashik	Igatpuri, Trimbakeshwar
22	Dindori	Dindori, Peint
23	Niphad	Niphad, Sinnar
24	Yeola	Yeola, Nandgaon
25	Chandwad	Chandwad, Deola
26	Malegaon	Malegaon
27	Satana	Satana
28	Kalwan	Kalwan, Surgana

Transport

Air

Nashik Airport is well connected by direct flights to Pune and Ahmedabad.
Jalgaon Airport is well connected by direct flights to Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Shirdi Airport is an airport in Ahmednagar district.

Rail

Nashik Road, Bhusawal, and Jalgaon are major railway stations in the region.

List of Divisional Commissioners

J. G. Rajadhyaksha 20-02-1981 to 30-09-1984
J. D. Jadhav 12-12-1984 to 01-12-1985
Leena Mehendale 28-06-1994 to 28-11-1995
Kishore Gajbhiye 19-01-2004 to 05-01-2004
Eknath Dawale 11-02-2014^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Population By Religious Community" (XLS). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Divisional Commissioners". Retrieved 25 January 2016.

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